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5 unusual facts about Inspector Rebus


Broughton, Edinburgh

Gayfield Square Police station, which is featured in the Inspector Rebus stories written by Edinburgh-based writer Ian Rankin, is located on Gayfield Square in the south east of Broughton.

Inspector Rebus

Tom Cotcher (A Question of Blood, Fleshmarket Close, The Naming of the Dead)

Ron Donachie starred as Rebus in BBC Radio 4's dramatizations of The Falls (2008), Resurrection Men (2008), Strip Jack (2010), The Black Book (2012) and Black and Blue (2013).

Ewan Stewart (Knots and Crosses, Hide and Seek, unabridged versions)

Ron Donachie

He is known for starring as Inspector Rebus in the BBC Radio 4 dramatizations of the Ian Rankin "Rebus" mystery novels and for his supporting roles in films Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, Titanic and television series Doctor Who and Game of Thrones.


Craig-James Moncur

Best known for his role as "Harry Hastings" in BAFTA Winning CBBC Series Jeopardy, as well as roles in Monarch of the Glen, Inspector Rebus and How Not to Live Your Life.


see also

The Ox

The Oxford Bar, a pub on Edinburgh's Young Street which features in Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels